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1st Castle Clinton show today + Abigail Washburn tour dates

Abigail Washburn

Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet featuring Béla Fleck/Mirah and Spectratone International
May 29, 7:00pm - Castle Clinton National Monument/Battery Park RAIN LOCATION: Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, Spruce Street entrance

Tickets are required and space is limited. Two free tickets per person will be distributed at the Castle on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5:00PM on the day of the show.

More details on this and other free shows this summer at Castle Clinton, HERE. More Abigail Washburn tour dates (Bonnaroo included) below....

Abigail Washburn - 2008 Tour Dates
May 29 - Castle Clinton New York, New York
May 30 - Swyer Theatre/Empire Ctr @ Egg Albany, New York
May 31 - Iron Horse Northampton, Massachusetts
Jun 7 - Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, Illinois
Jun 8 - The Bluebird Bloomington, Indiana
Jun 14 - Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival with the Sparrow Quartet! Manchester, Tennessee
Jun 25 - Wolf Trap Vienna, Virginia
Jun 27 - Paramount Theatre Charlottesville, Virginia
Jun 28 - Troubadour w/The Sparrow Quartet West Hollywood, California
Jun 29 - SoHo Restaurant & Music Club Santa Barbara, California
Jun 30 - Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, California
Jul 3 - High Sierra Music Festival with Sparrow Quartet Quincy, California
Jul 10 - Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua Bayfield
Jul 11 - Winnipeg Folk Festival Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jul 13 - Vancouver Island Musicfest Vancouver, British Columbia
Jul 14 - Benaroya Hall Seattle, Washington
Jul 15 - Aladdin Theatre Portland, Oregon
Jul 17 - Boarding House Park Lowell, Massachusetts
Jul 18 - Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival with the Sparrow Quartet Ancramdale, New York
Jul 19 - Vancouver Folk Festival Vancouver, British Columbia
Jul 20 - Vancouver Folk Festival Vancouver, British Columbia
Jul 26 - RockyGrass Festival with the Sparrow Quartet Lyons, Colorado
Jul 27 - Calgary Folk Music Festival with the Sparrow Quartet Calgary, Alberta
Jul 28 - The Myrna Loy Center Helena, Montana
Jul 30 - Sacajawea Center Salmon, Idaho
Aug 1 - Kaslo Bay Park Music Festival Kaslo, British Columbia
Aug 3 - Dunegrass and Blues Festival Empire, Michigan
Aug 8 - Grand Targhee Bluegrass Fest w/Sparrow Quartet Alta, Wyoming
Aug 9 - Edmonton Folk Music Festival with the Sparrow Quartet Edmonton, Alberta
Aug 10 - Regina Folk Festival with the Sparrow Quartet Regina, Saskatchewan
Aug 23 - San Francisco Music and Arts Festival San Francisco, California
Aug 29 - Moe Down Turin, New York
Sep 11 - Memorial Hall Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Sep 13 - Dominican University PAC River Forest, Illinois
Sep 20 - Parrish Auditorium Hamilton, Ohio
Sep 28 - Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, Texas
Oct 1 - Fisher Center w/Sparrow Quartet Woodstock, New York
Oct 2 - Town Crier Cafe Pawling, New York
Oct 3 - First Parish Church Cambridge, Massachusetts
Oct 4 - Flynn Theatre Burlington, Vermont
Oct 5 - The Community Theater Morristown, New Jersey
Oct 17 - Ferst Center for the Arts Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 19 - Lake Eden Arts Festival Black Mountain, North Carolina


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Tags: Abigail Washburn, Bela Flack, Castle Clinton, free shows, Mirah

Posted on May 29, 2008 11:23 AM

Comments (10)

I'm too lazy to listen to this band...can anyone tell me what they sound like and if it's worth going? Thanks!

Posted by Anonymous | May 29, 2008 11:30 AM

"I'm too lazy to listen to this band"

I can tell you that it's more than one band playing and that one of them is Mirah.

Posted by Anonymous | May 29, 2008 11:45 AM

wait, so is it definitely at the rain location? it's not supposed to rain today.

are the tickets needed if its not at the rain location?

Posted by Anonymous | May 29, 2008 11:46 AM

I've never been to Castle Clinton. How big is it? I won't be able to get there until about 6:15. Do you think getting in will be a problem?

Posted by mp77 | May 29, 2008 12:00 PM

"wait, so is it definitely at the rain location? "

no, only if it rains.

"are the tickets needed if its not at the rain location? "

yes

"How big is it?"

decent size

"I won't be able to get there until about 6:15. Do you think getting in will be a problem?"

You will most likely be fine.

Posted by Anonymous | May 29, 2008 12:07 PM

they play folky bluegrass with some classical and chinese influences (lyrics in english and chinese).

female singer / banjo, + bele fleck (best banjo player on earth), cello, & violin.

worth your time

Posted by Anonymous | May 29, 2008 12:19 PM

Anon 12:07 - thanks

Posted by mp77 | May 29, 2008 12:29 PM

that woman's shoulderblade is quite fetching

Posted by Anonymous | May 29, 2008 3:31 PM

mirah was really good. thanks for the reminder, bv.

fleck was kinda boring. and i had to take off to make the submarines/headlights show. which was tremendous.

Posted by Anonymous | May 30, 2008 1:02 AM

I caught Abigail Washburn as an opening act once (I forgot who the headliner was) at B.B. King's. I remember that she was charming but her music wasn't really my cup of tea.

Whenever I see a female musician dolled up in a press photo like this one, I cringe at the thought that artists (male and female alike) have to do stuff like this for publicity.

Posted by Anonymous | May 30, 2008 2:06 PM

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